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H. A.- POTT.

HARNESS LOOP.

(No Model.)

Patented Jan. 9; 1883.

VENTOR ATTORNEYS.

WITNESSES NY mums. mam-who NITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HENRY A. POTT, OF CAPE GIRARDEAU, MISSOURI.

HARNESS LGOP.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 270,477, dated January 9, 1863,

Application filed November 3, 1882. (No model.)

. a longitudinal section of the loop and strap,

and Fig. 3 is perspective view of the loop.

My invention belongs to the class of'loops having two openings forthe strap or straps formed top plate directly over one edge of the inter by an intermediate plate, to which the strap is riveted. Heretot'ore such a loop has been constructed with the bottom plate arranged directly under the intermediate plate and the mediate plate, to p'rovideroom for handling and securing the rivet in the latter. Owing to the fact, however, that the bottom plate is arranged directly under the intermediate plate, the latter must necessarily be placed at a sufficient distance above the former to admit the entire length of the rivet between them, since strap arranged on opposite sides of said plate in contact with the heads oflhe rivet; and to provide for this arrangement of the parts it is desirable that the bottom plate, as well as the top plate, shall be located out of theplane of the ivet, in order that the latter may be in-' serted into the intermediate plate from either side, so that the distance between the top and bottom plates need not be greater than what is actually necessary'tor accommodating the folds of the strap or straps, as the case may be, over and above the space occupied by the intermediate plate and the heads of the rivet. I therefore construct the metallic double loop A with the top plate,B, and the bottom plate, I

0, located aside from the plane of the rivet D, which is inserted through the intermediate plate, E.

The side plates, F, may be made narrower to save material, or they may be made broad enough to cover the edges of the strap G. When made broad they will add materially to the strength of the loop, and at the same time present a surface which may be rendered highly ornamental to the harness.

By locating the top and bottom plates more or less remote from the plane of the rivet, and on opposite sides thereof, the binding efl'ectof the loop upon the strap may be extended as far from the intermediate plate as desired. With this construction, also, the binding efl'ect ofthe loop may be made as great as desired, without at the same time lessening the convenience of adjusting the strap, since the distance between the planes of the top and bottom plates maybe lessened without appreciably diminishing-the size of the twoloops.

In attaching the strap to the loop one end of the strap is to be doubled upon itself, so as to include the intermediate plate between the folds, and the rivet is then to be passed through the folds and said plate and secured in the ordinary manner. "lhe heads of the rivet will thus lie in contact with'the yielding leather, and will be less exposed to the danger of being wrenched ofi' than when in contact with the metallic plate. The strain upon the strap or trace, as the case may be, will thus be thrown upon the center of the rivet instead of one end, and being thus equalized, there is less. danger of the parts separating under strain.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, 1s

Adouble loop for a harness, having an intermediate, a top, and a bottom plate, connected together by the side plates, F, and haviug the top and bottom plates located out of the plane of the rivet, w inch is passed through the intermediate plate, and on opposite sides thereof, substantially as and for the purposes specified.

HENRY A. POTT.

Witnesses:

DAVID A. GLENN, PHILIPP STEOK. 

